User talk:The Mad Hatter

File copyright problem with File:The Kooks.jpg

File Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading File:The Kooks.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the file. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:28, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi RavensFists, yes, the changes you made to the image description page of File:The Kooks.jpg certainly work - however, this image is already available on Wikimedia Commons as File:The Kooks Hurricane-Festival.jpg. Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons are linked together so that images on Commons can be used on Wikipedia. Basically, you could have used the image, File:The Kooks Hurricane-Festival.jpg, in the article, The Kooks, as if the image were uploaded to Wikipedia. Because images on Commons can be used on Wikipedia, Wikipedia has a policy of speedy deleting (per WP:CSD#F8) files that are duplicates of images on Commons. Hope that helps - Regards, FASTILY ^(TALK) 01:13, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

The Kooks

Found your post on the WP:ALM talk page. First thing I'd do is recommend removing the "Controversy" section; these are widely discouraged as they are POV magnets. Work all the material into the biography section where appropriate instead. WesleyDodds (talk) 21:34, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Sofia's hair for health - Don't merge

I don't agree in merging the articles. Sofia's hair for health is a CHARITY article, Rodolfo Valentin is a BIOGRAPHY article. I feel the article ( Sofia's hair for health) is very substantial, and very valuable information for people that are having chemotherapy and cannot afford to buy an expensive hair prosthesis ( more than 4 thousand dollars, as it was my situation)... How many people in this world are ready to give their own money away to help others?. I think this article deserves a page in its own. Instead, you should help to improve it., Thank you!Nicole reutman (talk) 13:01, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Rodolofo Valentin / Sofia's Hair 4 Health

Hi. I've modified the merge tags that you placed. The tags on each article should point to the destination talk page section discussing the merge (see HELP:Merging). I've pointed them both to the section discussing the merge in the Roldolfo Valentin article talk page. I've also copied over one of the comments from the talk page of Sofia's Hair 4 Health. I notice that you made a comment on that page. I did not copy it, but you may want to copy it over and adjust the wording accordingly. Regards. --Whpq (talk) 20:29, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for sorting out the talk page links, have read the help page too now. Was my first time proposing a merger and hopefully I'll learn as I go along. Also at this point I've made a request for help on the editor assistance page regarding the possible sock puppetry. --RavensFists (talk) 17:42, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Rodolfo Valentin article

You are improving greatly Rodolfo Valentin article. I have found links for verification regarding a few items removed for missing them.

Here are two sites for verification about that Moriarty and Claudia Cohen have their hair styled by Rodolfo Valentin.

The first one is: [1] and it reads: the Argentine-born Valentin has been catering to his US clients for 20 years and attributes his success to devotees like Claudia Cohen, Susan Hess, Ivana Trump and Antonia and Johanna Bennett, daughters of legendary crooner Tony. , for what you see the name of the Ivana trump can also be added.

Also here is another site for verification: [2], that reads: His hair creations are exhibited at top salons in Manhattan Frederic Fekkai and Stephen Knoll, where Madonna snagged Valentin designs. The hair he uses is top-quality, natural hair from around the world. He has done hair extensions for Sophia Loren, Marla Maples, Ivana Trump, Brooke Shields, Kathy Moriarty, Claudia Cohen and Susan Hess, young Orthodox women and the ladies of the Five Towns.

and regarding the page six from the New York Post newspaper itself i found: [3], that reads: NOW hair this: publicist David Granoff will go to harrowing lengths to plug his clients. Granoff, the mouthpiece for plus-size pin-up Anna Nicole Smith, underwent a "mega-graft hair transplant" a few weeks back to hype hair specialist Dr. Bahman Ashraf. Granoff, who to our eyes already had a healthy head of hair, explained: "If the wind blows a certain way, you can tell I have a receding hairline. Now I have all these little hairs sprouting in front." Granoff hosted a party in Cedarhurst, L.I., for the opening of Rodolfo Valentin's "salon, spa and hairpieces" headquarters, where Claudia Cohen, Cathy Moriarity and Susan Hess quaffed champagne and Beluga caviar.

And the last one to verify that Rodolfo does Moriarty hair is also from The New York Post/ page six: [4] and it reads: THAT Rodolfo Valentin - the Cedarhurst, L.I., wigmakerhair-weaver opening a salon on Madison Avenue in the fall - will do Cathy Moriarty's hair when she plays Mrs. John Gotti in a Warner Bros. feature. Robert De Niro plays the Dapper Don . . ---I think this also verify that Rodolfo Valentin was doing Moriarty hair linked t Warner Bros.... I hope all these information will be helpfull to improve this article, I also think these references should be added to the article, and the article can still be more improved by adding the text that Rodolfo is the hairstylist for those famous people including Sophia Loren, Marla Mapes, Ivana trump, Brooke Shields, ( with the last one, there was before a picture of Rodolfo with Brooke Shields in the American Suicide Association) that has also been removed for not reason. I am not doing i myself because every time I add something with the proper references it is erased anyway.Probably I don't have enough experience doing it, Thanks71.190.65.119 (talk) 22:48, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Sockpuppets User:Susy parker, et al

Yep, I'd say there's quite a bit of socking going on. Several accounts are suspicious and I'm looking into all of them. These are readily apparent but I expect to find others.

• Susy parker (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
• Nicole reutman (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
• Rodoval (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)
• 68.161.91.72 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log)

I think there's already evidence of policy violations such as multiple !votes in the deletion discussion Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Rodolfo_Valentin. I'll see what shakes out as I look. I may submit a checkuser report for the accounts. The evidence seems fresh enough. Cheers, Pigman☿/talk 20:54, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I'd already started including User:From Argentina with love in this group but thanks for the tip. If you suspect other user accounts being involved in sockpuppeting, please mention them to me and I'll look into them. Cheers, Pigman☿/talk 22:39, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

I've opened a Sockpuppet/CheckUser request here: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Rodoval. Cheers, Pigman☿/talk 00:57, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

The sockpuppet investigation came back positive for some accounts and likely for others. Blocks have been issued. Cheers, Pigman☿/talk 16:35, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Republic of Loose

Is there a reason why the references in the discography section lead to The Kooks? :) --candle•wicke 15:18, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Republic of Loose

On August 26, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Republic of Loose, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 11:07, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Music

Eh, I just moved the WikiProject from "Music" to "music" and this has upset the subpages. Are there many of them? --candle•wicke 23:36, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Oh never mind, it looks better now but if there are any more subpages they might need to be changed to "music". --candle•wicke 23:41, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I was just trying to create all the categories for this project when I noticed the capital M so thought it would be wise to change it right now. --candle•wicke 23:44, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Would it be a good idea to delete this and replace it with a link to here? That would allow anyone to pick from any article that has been assessed as GA rather than having to update the list. --candle•wicke 01:28, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

I was hoping to include some other genres and symbols (U2 are one band, and a very well-known one, and they don't contain all genres). --candle•wicke 19:42, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

No problem, the image combination is not perfect and no doubt someone will ask why this or that genre is not there or question the lack of females but hopefully it will be balanced as things progress. --candle•wicke 19:58, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Do you agree with the changes I made to the "examples" column of Wikipedia:WikiProject Irish music/Assessment? I just used the articles which were already part of the project without adding any new ones. Let me know if there's anything which looks badly out of place. --candle•wicke 20:48, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. I edit articles which come under this WikiProject a lot anyway so the workload is nothing new to me at all. I hope lots more people will be interested after all these changes as there clearly haven't been enough interested editors in recent times (sadly). --candle•wicke 21:12, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

I have added a DYK section now as it's far more likely we'll have those than some FAs any time soon. I was just wondering whether to begin from now or add one or two I've had in the past to make it all look a little better. I also added several more C-Class articles I have worked on in recent months just so we're not overwhelmed by all those stubs and starts... --candle•wicke 02:42, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

I've added one or two from my collection. Hopefully that will be enough to get things started. --candle•wicke 02:16, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

A GA!

The WikiProject has achieved its fourth GA! :D --candle•wicke 01:28, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		For your hard work in getting the Irish Music WikiProject up and running again. Keep up the good work! FF3000 · talk 16:22, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Kooks

The article The Kooks you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:The Kooks for things needed to be addressed. Cannibaloki 19:36, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Wordpress interview

I saw your message on WP:RSN and you may be able to use the Wordpress interview given certain conditions. I left my comments under that heading. Also in future please don't go by the first advice you get on RSN. Those of us on that board have differing views on what makes an RS. And often the discussions that tell you how to use a borderline source properly come later; the people who just say "no" tend to respond more quickly. Squidfryerchef (talk) 02:16, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, The Mad Hatter. You have new messages at Talk:The Kooks/GA1.
Message added 03:52, 13 October 2009 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Cannibaloki 03:52, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, The Mad Hatter! At this time of year, I would like to extend seasons greetings to the Wikipedians I have interacted with in the past year on Wikipedia. I wish you a wonderful holiday season! --Footyfanatic3000 (talk  · contribs)

ArbCom elections are now open!

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Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Electronic music#Sub-project EDM

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Electronic music#Sub-project EDM as a participant of WP:WikiProject Electronic music. - TheMagnificentist 13:44, 20 July 2017 (UTC)